{"id":3514,"date":"2017-12-27T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2017-12-27T14:50:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T19:50:02","slug":"my-year-in-books-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/27\/my-year-in-books-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"My year in books 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading this year has been so many things for me. An escape. A way to educate myself. A way to see my own struggles in a different way through another’s story. A way to understand the struggles of others. A way to better understand where I came from. This year I\u00a0think I’ve read more than I had in any other year since college. I read\u00a016 of the 22 books I’d hoped to read this year<\/a>, which feels like an accomplishment.\u00a0Books with asterisks are ones that I didn’t (because I couldn’t get into them) or have not yet read in full (as is the case of the books by Nguyen, Clinton, and Clements). I struggled this year to think of what my favorite book was, but\u00a0The Underground Railroad<\/em>, Little Fires Everywhere<\/em>, The Hate U Give<\/em>, and Bad Feminist<\/em>\u00a0were definitely highlights.<\/p>\n

This year, I also listed the children’s books I’ve either read with Reed or on my own. Reed is part of an Oregon Battle of the Books<\/a> team this year and I’m their coach, so I’ve been slowly reading the 8 books he was assigned to read so I can help quiz him. He’s finally gotten into reading, which I could not be more thrilled about. I remember having the same experience the summer before I started third grade: one moment, I hated reading; the next, I was in love.<\/p>\n

Adult and Young Adult Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n